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SPE Western Regional Meeting
March 21–23, 2012
Bakersfield, California, USA
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978-1-61399-188-6
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SPE Western Regional Meeting
Sophisticated Software Analysis System and Use of Torque/Drag Modeling for Complex Well Operations Increases Operational Efficiency
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/152056-MS
Drilling Fluids Consultation System: Development and Field Applications
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/152098-MS
Underbalanced Drilling Expert System Development
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/152101-MS
Liquid-Liquid Equilibria of Solvent/Heavy Crude Systems: In Situ Upgrading and Measurements of Physical Properties
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/152319-MS
Phase Behavior and Viscosity Measurements of Heavy Crude Oil With Methane and Ethane at High-Temperature Conditions
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/152321-MS
Computational Optimization of Shale Resource Development using Reduced-Physics Surrogate Models
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/152946-MS
A Selection Criterion for CO2-Enhanced Oil Recovery and Dispersion Modeling of High-Pressure CO2 Release
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/152998-MS
Sensitivity Analysis for Joint Inversion of Production and Time-lapse Seismic Data of Norne Field
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153039-MS
Production Performance Diagnostics Using Field Production Data and Analytical Models: Method and Case Study for the Hydraulically Fractured South Belridge Diatomite
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153138-MS
Neural Networks for Production Curve Pattern Recognition Applied to Cyclic Steam Optimization in Diatomite Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153185-MS
Semiautomatic, Semantic Assistance to Manual Curation of Data in Smart Oil Fields
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153271-MS
Recovering Linkage Between Seismic Images and Velocity Models
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153272-MS
A New Screening Tool for Improved Oil Recovery Methods Using Artificial Neural Networks
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153321-MS
A Large Scale Network Model To Obtain Interwell Formation Characteristics
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153386-MS
Enhancing Steamflood Performance of Highly Permeable Dipping Reservoir with Strong Waterdrive
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153441-MS
Visualization Grammar: A Phrase-Based Reservoir Information Visualization System
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153470-MS
A New Method for Estimating Waterflood Oil Recovery Efficiency Using Post-Waterflood NMR and Dielectric Well Logs, Belridge Field, California
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153593-MS
A Saturation Height Function Model Derived From Capillary Pressure, Lower Etchegoin/Williamson Reservoir, Lost Hills Field
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153594-MS
Test of SAGD Flow Distribution Control Liner System, Surmont Field, Alberta, Canada
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153706-MS
Field Evaluation of MOV Adjustable Steam Chokes
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153726-MS
Simulation and Economic Screening of Improved Oil Recovery Methods with Emphasis on Injection Profile Control Including Waterflooding, Polymer Flooding and a Thermally Activated Deep Diverting Gel
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153740-MS
Water Injector Matrix Acidizing: Evaluation of Tools Deployed on Coiled Tubing Used for Placement
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153779-MS
Effect of Penetrating Ratio on Pressure Behavior of Horizontal Wells with Multiple-Inclined Hydraulic Fractures
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153788-MS
The Study of Timing of Cyclic Injections in Miscible CO2 WAG
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153792-MS
Experiments on Pulse Power Fracturing
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153805-MS
Solar-Generated Steam for Oil Recovery: Reservoir Simulation, Economic Analysis, and Life Cycle Assessment
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153806-MS
Determination of Water Injection Zonal Allocation From Distributed Temperature Sensing Data
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153809-MS
An Analytical Methodology to Determine Oil in Place, Aquifer Influx, and Ultimate Sweep Efficiency of a Mature Heavy Oil Waterflood in the Wilmington Basin
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153810-MS
Natural Proppants for Hydraulic Fracture Production Optimization in Eagle Ford Shale
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153811-MS
Investigation of Recovery Mechanism of Steam Injection in Heavy Oil Carbonate Reservoir and Mineral Dissolution
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153812-MS
Alternate Representations in Numerical Modeling of Multistage Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Wells in Shale Gas Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153813-MS
Characterizing Fracture Network in Shale Reservoir Using Microseismic Data
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153814-MS
Towards Intelligent Optimization of Offshore Oil and Gas Production Using Multi-agent Software Systems
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153815-MS
Optimization of Core-Log Derived Permeability Using Pressure Transient Analysis in Low-Permeability Waterflood: Ventura Avenue Field Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153817-MS
What Every Engineer Should Know About Vacuum Insulated Tubing
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153837-MS
Field Trials Using an All Metal Ring Seal Floating Packer
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153839-MS
Uncertainty Analysis of a CO2 Sequestration Project Using Surrogate Reservoir Modeling Technique
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153843-MS
Grid-Based Surrogate Reservoir Modeling (SRM) for Fast Track Analysis of Numerical Reservoir Simulation Models at the Grid block Level
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153844-MS
Application of Well-Based Surrogate Reservoir Models (SRMs) to Two Offshore Fields in Saudi Arabia, Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153845-MS
Leveraging New Technologies To Expedite Thermal EOR Facility Expansions
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153856-MS
Uncertainty Analysis on In-Situ Combustion Simulations Using Experimental Design
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153887-MS
Numerical Modeling of Multi-Fracture Horizontal Well for Uncertainty Analysis and History Matching: Case Studies from Oklahoma and Texas Shale Gas Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153888-MS
Type Curves for Pressure Transient Analysis of Composite Double-Porosity Gas Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153889-MS
NFFLOW: A Reservoir Simulator Incorporating Explicit Fractures
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153890-MS
Production Performance of Multiply Fractured Horizontal Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153894-MS
Aggregating Petroleum Reservoir Interwell Connectivities Using the Generalized Chouqet Integral
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153895-MS
Robust Production-Rate Interpolation in Waterflood Management
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153896-MS
Design Considerations of Waterflood Conformance Control with Temperature-Triggered Low Viscosity Sub-Micron Polymer
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153898-MS
Incorporating Into Reservoir Models How Nonreservoir Effects Impact Production Data
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153900-MS
Experiences in Eliminating Steam Breakthrough & Providing Zonal Isolation in SAGD Wells
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153903-MS
Dual Horizontal Well Air Injection Process
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153907-MS
Integrating Wellbore Hydraulics, Reservoir Properties, and Thermal Transient Analysis for SAGD Injector Well Completion Design with Multiple Outflow Control Devices: A Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153909-MS
Waterflood Management Based on Well Allocation Factors for Improved Sweep Efficiency: Model Based or Data Based?
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153912-MS
Automatic Estimation of Fracture Properties in Multi-Stage Fractured Shale Gas Horizontal Wells for Reservoir Modeling
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153913-MS
Production Optimization and Forecasting of Shale Gas wells Using Simulation Models and Decline Curve Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153914-MS
Successful Techniques for Competently Abandoning Wells with Severe Casing Restrictions
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153916-MS
Evaluation of CO2-EOR and Sequestration in Alaska West Sak Reservoir Using Four-Phase Simulation Model
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153920-MS
Creating Digital Thermal EOR Projects Using Wireless Technology and New Data Integration Solutions
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153921-MS
The Vedder Lease, Section 9, Mt. Poso Field, California: A Unique Case History
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153940-MS
Analytical Study of Effects of Flow Rate, Capillarity and Gravity on CO2/Brine Multiphase Flow System in Horizontal Corefloods
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153954-MS
Real-Time Downhole Monitoring of Electrical Submersible Pumps Rated to 250°C Using Fiber Optic Sensors: Case Study and Data Value in the Leismer SAGD Project
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/153984-MS
Monobore Well Design: Utilizing Technology to Improve Well Execution Efficiency
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/154013-MS
Applying Method of Characteristics to Model the Flow of Compressible CO2 in Aquifers
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/154114-MS
Evaluation of Electromagnetic Heating for Heavy Oil Recovery from Alaskan Reservoirs
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/154123-MS
A Novel Approach in Completing Unconventional Tight-Gas Condensate Wells Using Propellant Gas-Assist Perforating and Foam Matrix Acidizing: Case Study
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/154164-MS
Using San Joaquin Valley Oil Fields as a Technology Test Bed To Mature Steamflood Technology
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/154172-MS
Combining Absorption and AVO Seismic Attributes Using Neural Networks to High-Grade Gas Prospects
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/154215-MS
Ensuring Better Well Stimulation in Unconventional Oil and Gas Formations by Optimizing Surfactant Additives
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/154242-MS
Acidizing Optimization: Monterey Shale, California
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/154257-MS
Associative Data Modeling and Ant Colony Optimization Approach for Waterflood Analysis
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/154302-MS
Field Scale Production Decline Characteristics During Gravity Drainage
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/154327-MS
Reservoir Characterization of an Unconventional Reservoir by Integrating Microseismic, Seismic, and Well Log Data
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/154339-MS
Impact of California's Greenhouse Gas Law on the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/154722-MS
A New Understanding of an Old EOR Concept for In Situ Combustion Processes
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/154723-MS
Detecting Shale Discontinuity between Different Layers Using Waterflood Tomography
Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, March 2012. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/154724-MS
